M1.7 earthquake 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 57 km S of Sand Point, Alaska on Sun, Oct 15, 2017, 4:21 AM AKDT (12:21 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 84 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-15 12:21:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 54.822° N, 160.634° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 54 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.093 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.5126 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3272 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.275 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3270 days ago · 23 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.877 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3269 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.068 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3268 days ago · 26 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.587 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3266 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.144 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 65 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.357 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3265 days ago · 60 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.163 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3264 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.282 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3263 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.591 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.163 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 68 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.699 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3262 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.3110 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3259 days ago · 26 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.572 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.192 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.773 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.741 km WNW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3254 days ago · 116 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.754 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3252 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.253 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.232 km NW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 76 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.6150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3251 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.974 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3250 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.356 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.125 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3247 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.728 km NE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3246 days ago · 79 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.183 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3243 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.752 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.584 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 32 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.597 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5100 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3242 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.373 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.057 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3241 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.987 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3239 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.153 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3238 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.9102 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3236 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.150 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3233 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.654 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3228 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.180 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3225 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.795 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3224 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.480 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3223 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.272 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3222 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.812 km W of Sand Point, Alaska · 3221 days ago · 70 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.965 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3219 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.341 km ENE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 58 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.266 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3218 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.199 km ESE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.199 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.6103 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.351 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3215 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.863 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3214 days ago · 23 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.962 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3213 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 3.680 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3276 days ago · 22 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.561 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3280 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.489 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3283 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.630 km NNE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3284 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.281 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3285 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5108 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 3295 days ago · 20 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.055 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 86 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.767 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3296 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.084 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.460 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3297 days ago · 42 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.828 km E of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 69 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.1110 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska · 3298 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.393 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4101 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 3299 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.764 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 64 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.049 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 3300 days ago · 67 km deep · 61 km away
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